Cerrillos Hills State Park
The quickest way to acclimatize after we landed in New Mexico? Drive the historic Turquoise Trail and hike Cerrillos Hills State Park.
American Southwest
Category: American Southwest
The American Southwest is vast, beautiful, and anything but empty. These are posts about Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado, Texas, and some California desert.
American Southwest national parks
Capulin Volcano National Monument
The Volcano Road gate was closed due to ice. If we couldn’t go to the crater rim, what did Capulin Volcano offer? Plenty.
American Southwest national parks
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Most visitors to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve go during summer, to sled the dunes and splash in the creeks. Not us.
American Southwest national parks
White Sands National Monument
“Cut-rate facial dermabrasion.” That about sums up my experience at White Sands National Monument.
American Southwest national parks
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
We had just enough time to spend a few hours exploring Carlsbad Caverns National Park before driving north to catch our plane out of Albuquerque. Bats, anyone?